The discovery of the Mawangdui medical manuscripts in the tomb of Lady Dai show that acupuncture has more basis in observation of human anatomy than previously believed.

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John Adams' Death And The Eerie Coincidences That Surrounded It

President John Adams died at age 90 in Quincy, Massachusetts, on July 4, 1826, the same exact day as fellow Founding Father Thomas Jefferson.

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05.07.2025

Portrait Of Harriet Tubman Discovered In An Abolitionist's Album

The photograph shows a young Harriet Tubman in an image of the American abolitionist that has never seen before.

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04.07.2025

12-Year-Old Finds 69 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil While Hiking

According to researchers, the fossil is a rare find given the scarcity of prehistoric specimen discoveries in the area.

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03.07.2025

The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist: Inside The Wild True Story

The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist took place between 2011 and 2012, when thieves siphoned 3,300 tons of maple syrup worth $18 million from Quebec's strategic reserves.

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02.07.2025

3,000-Year-Old Phrygian Tomb Illegally Converted Into Café

A UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List site in Turkey was illegally turned into a café, drawing outrage from archaeologists and the general public.

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02.07.2025

Hundreds Of Ceramics Found In 2,000-Year-Old Turkish Shipwreck

The "Seramik Batigi" shipwreck found off the coast of Adrasan, Turkey has yielded hundreds of plates and bowls that remain stunningly intact.

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01.07.2025

Baldwin IV: Jerusalem's Leper King During The Crusades

Known as the Leper King, Baldwin IV ruled Jerusalem from 1174 to his death in 1185, despite battling an increasingly debilitating case of leprosy.

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01.07.2025

'King Tut's Curse' May Be The Key To A New Cancer Treatment

Scientists are using the fungus Aspergillus flavus, believed to be responsible for the "curse of King Tut's tomb," to fight cancer.

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01.07.2025

Vintage Photos Of Gangland Chicago From The 1920s and '30s

From Al Capone to John Dillinger, these historic photos will take you back to the early 20th-century gangland days of the Windy City.

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01.07.2025

Project Iceworm: America's Planned Nuclear City Beneath Greenland

Launched at the U.S. base Camp Century in 1959, Project Iceworm sought to build an underground network of tunnels and launch sites for nuclear missiles beneath an ice sheet in Greenland.

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01.07.2025

Scientists Just Reconstructed The Face Of A Stone Age Woman

A facial reconstruction of a Stone Age woman found in a cave in Belgium shows that she had lighter skin than other hunter-gatherers in Western Europe.

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30.06.2025

A Rare Skull Of An Ancient Snake With Legs Discovered In Argentina

It is the first full 3D skull of Najash rionegrina, a snake species that sported hind legs during prehistoric times.

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29.06.2025

33 Photos Of Wild West Mining Towns, From Bodie To Tombstone

These Wild West mining towns were once bustling outposts with plenty of bars, brothels, and hotels — until their mines dried up.

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28.06.2025

Why So Many Statues Of Pharaoh Hatshepsut Were Broken

Statues of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut were broken during antiquity to deactivate their supernatural powers, new study says.

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28.06.2025

Oldest Scandinavian DNA Found In Ancient Chewing Gum

The excavation took place decades ago in the early 1990s, but technology simply hadn't caught up enough to analyze the DNA — until now.

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28.06.2025

The World's Oldest Boomerang Is Even Older Than Once Thought

The boomerang found in Poland's Obłazowa Cave in the 1980s was originally estimated to be 18,000 years old, but a new study found that it's far older.

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27.06.2025

Researchers Take A 140-Mile Journey In A Primitive Canoe

To determine how prehistoric humans traveled from Taiwan to Japan 30,000 years ago, scientists recreated the voyage themselves.

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27.06.2025

Inside Luther Vandross' Death And The Private Struggles That Caused It

On July 1, 2005, R&B icon Luther Vandross died from a heart attack at age 54 in Edison, New Jersey, two years after suffering a stroke.

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27.06.2025

Ancient Roman Soldier's Wrist Purse Unearthed In Czech Republic

At the site of a Roman encampment from the Marcomannic Wars, archaeologists in South Moravia found a soldier's bronze wrist purse.

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27.06.2025

Canopic Jars, The Funerary Vessels Of Ancient Egypt

In ancient Egyptian funerary rituals, canopic jars were used to hold embalmed human organs removed from the body during mummification.

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26.06.2025

Liviu Librescu, The Holocaust Survivor Who Became A Hero At Virginia Tech

After surviving the Nazis, Liviu Librescu became a renowned engineering professor and gave his life to save students during the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting.

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26.06.2025

Medieval Ring With Sri Lankan Sapphire Found In Slovakia

A 700-year-old gold ring found by a treasure hunter at Pustý hrad castle in Zvolen, Slovakia features a sapphire from Sri Lanka.

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26.06.2025

Ball's Pyramid, The Tallest Volcanic Sea Stack In The World

The remains of a prehistoric volcano, Ball's Pyramid looms 1,877 feet above the surface of the Pacific just south of Lord Howe Island between New Zealand and Australia.

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26.06.2025

Roman-Era Library Unearthed In Turkey's 'City Of Gladiators'

The library in Stratonikeia was built during the Hellenistic period, was redesigned during the Roman era, and remained in use until the 7th century C.E.

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26.06.2025

See What The Roaring Twenties Were Like In New York

From jazz clubs to the rise of famous skyscrapers like the Chrysler Building, see what New York really looked like during the 1920s.

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26.06.2025

WW2 Fighter Plane Found On English Beach After 7 Decades

A casual stroll on the beach turned into the historic discovery of a Royal Air Force fighter plane wreck from April 1944.

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25.06.2025

Jayne Marie Mansfield, The Oldest Child Of Jayne Mansfield

Jayne Marie Mansfield had a complicated relationship with her mother Jayne Mansfield, who died in a car crash in 1967 when Jayne Marie was 16.

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25.06.2025

Mammoth Remains Unearthed During Road Construction In Poland

During the construction of a new highway near Łabunie, Poland, archaeologists discovered the tusk and pelvis bone of a mammoth.

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25.06.2025

1,000-Year-Old Pre-Inca Mummy Found In Lima, Peru

Utility workers in Lima stumbled upon this millennia-old mummy, believed to be from the Chancay culture, while digging trenches for a gas pipeline.

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24.06.2025

Vergina, The Once Powerful Capital Of Ancient Macedonia

Located in northern Greece, Vergina was once known as Aigai — the site of Philip II's assassination and Alexander the Great's rise to power.

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24.06.2025

Who Invented Beer? The Ancient Origins Of The Alcoholic Drink

While scientists can't pinpoint who invented beer, intentional barley fermentation may have started with the Sumerians in Mesopotamia about 5,000 years ago.

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24.06.2025

Giant Statue Head Discovered Near Trajan's Forum In Rome

The giant marble head discovered near Trajan's Forum is still unidentified but may have once been part of the forum's "Porticus Trisigmentata."

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24.06.2025

The 1916 Shark Attacks At The Jersey Shore That Killed 4 People

The July 1916 shark attacks at the Jersey Shore left four people dead and one injured — and sent the public into a panic that may have eventually inspired "Jaws."

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24.06.2025

6,000-Year-Old Venus Figurine Found In A Polish Field

Unearthed in December 2022, this Neolithic Venus figurine was found by a farmer in a field in Kołobrzeg, Poland.

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23.06.2025

Mickey Hargitay, The Mr. Universe Who Married Jayne Mansfield

Bodybuilding icon Mickey Hargitay was the second husband of Jayne Mansfield and raised their children after she died in a car accident in 1967.

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22.06.2025

55 Stunning Photos Of Old Hollywood Actresses In Color

See colorized images of Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Greta Garbo, Sophia Loren, and other icons from Hollywood's Golden Age.

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21.06.2025

Survival Of Wari Empire Attributed To Sustained Beer Brewing

The pre-Incan Wari Empire survived 500 years in Peru's mountains and new evidence suggests that beer helped maintain social unity.

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21.06.2025

Sanctuary Of Odysseus Possibly Found On Greek Island Of Ithaca

At the School of Homer archaeological site on Ithaca, researchers found artifacts and inscriptions suggesting that this was once the Sanctuary of Odysseus.

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21.06.2025

Archaeologists Unearth The Foundation Of Williamsburg Bray School

Researchers in Virginia uncovered the 18th-century foundation of Williamsburg Bray School, America's oldest schoolhouse for Black children.

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Mawangdui Medical Manuscripts May Be The Oldest Human Anatomical Atlas

John Adams' Death And The Eerie Coincidences That Surrounded It

Portrait Of Harriet Tubman Discovered In An Abolitionist's Album

12-Year-Old Finds 69 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil While Hiking

The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist: Inside The Wild True Story

3,000-Year-Old Phrygian Tomb Illegally Converted Into Café

Hundreds Of Ceramics Found In 2,000-Year-Old Turkish Shipwreck

Baldwin IV: Jerusalem's Leper King During The Crusades

'King Tut's Curse' May Be The Key To A New Cancer Treatment

Vintage Photos Of Gangland Chicago From The 1920s and '30s

Project Iceworm: America's Planned Nuclear City Beneath Greenland

Scientists Just Reconstructed The Face Of A Stone Age Woman

A Rare Skull Of An Ancient Snake With Legs Discovered In Argentina

33 Photos Of Wild West Mining Towns, From Bodie To Tombstone

Why So Many Statues Of Pharaoh Hatshepsut Were Broken

Oldest Scandinavian DNA Found In Ancient Chewing Gum

The World's Oldest Boomerang Is Even Older Than Once Thought

Researchers Take A 140-Mile Journey In A Primitive Canoe

Inside Luther Vandross' Death And The Private Struggles That Caused It

Ancient Roman Soldier's Wrist Purse Unearthed In Czech Republic

Canopic Jars, The Funerary Vessels Of Ancient Egypt

Liviu Librescu, The Holocaust Survivor Who Became A Hero At Virginia Tech

Medieval Ring With Sri Lankan Sapphire Found In Slovakia

Ball's Pyramid, The Tallest Volcanic Sea Stack In The World

Roman-Era Library Unearthed In Turkey's 'City Of Gladiators'

See What The Roaring Twenties Were Like In New York

WW2 Fighter Plane Found On English Beach After 7 Decades

Jayne Marie Mansfield, The Oldest Child Of Jayne Mansfield

Mammoth Remains Unearthed During Road Construction In Poland

1,000-Year-Old Pre-Inca Mummy Found In Lima, Peru

Vergina, The Once Powerful Capital Of Ancient Macedonia

Who Invented Beer? The Ancient Origins Of The Alcoholic Drink

Giant Statue Head Discovered Near Trajan's Forum In Rome

The 1916 Shark Attacks At The Jersey Shore That Killed 4 People

6,000-Year-Old Venus Figurine Found In A Polish Field

Mickey Hargitay, The Mr. Universe Who Married Jayne Mansfield

55 Stunning Photos Of Old Hollywood Actresses In Color

Survival Of Wari Empire Attributed To Sustained Beer Brewing

Sanctuary Of Odysseus Possibly Found On Greek Island Of Ithaca

Archaeologists Unearth The Foundation Of Williamsburg Bray School

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